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Kakira is a town in the
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of Uganda. It is the location of the International headquarters of the Madhvani Group.


Location

Kakira is located in Jinja District, approximately east of downtown Jinja on the highway to Iganga. The coordinates of the town are: 0°30'13.0"N, 33°16'57.0"E (Latitude:0.503611; Longitude:33.282500).


Population

In 2014, the national population census put the population of Kakira at 32,819.


Madhvani Group activities

Kakira is the headquarters of the Madhvani Group, a diversified
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involved in agribusiness, manufacturing, insurance, leisure services, and other business interests. On an estate measuring , the group owns a sugarcane farm and a sugar manufacturing complex, Kakira Sugar Limited. They also own a sweets and confectionery factory, Kakira Sweets & Confectioneries Limited. An electricity generating plant,
Kakira Power Station Kakira Power Station is a 52 megawatt bagasse-fired thermal power plant in the town of Kakira in Jinja District in the Eastern Region of Uganda. Location The power station is located on the Madhvani Estate, adjacent to Kakira Sugar Works, the fl ...
, is located on the estate and produces 52 megawatts of power for use there, with the excess sold to the Ugandan national grid. The estate has a private airport,
Kakira Airport Kakira Airport is one of the 46 airports in Uganda. It is in Kakira, Jinja District, Eastern Region. The geographic coordinates of this airport are 00 degrees, 29 minutes, 56 seconds north and 33 degrees, 16 minutes, 57 seconds east (latitude: 0 ...
, for use by the family and corporate clients. The airport is home to Turbo Prop Service Centre, a subsidiary that deals in aircraft servicing. In 2017 the Group set up a distillery that produces approximately 60,000 litres of ethanol per day. The group at Kakira employs more than 8,500 people. The group provides a private 100-bed hospital, eight primary schools, and one secondary school for use by its workers and their dependents.


See also

* Jinja District *
List of cities and towns in Uganda This is a list of cities and towns in Uganda: The population data are for 2014, except where otherwise indicated. The references from which the estimated populations are sourced are listed in each article for the cities and towns where the ...


References

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